Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton owns Pennsylvania, a critical presidential swing state,
thumping Republican contenders, including New Jersey Gov. Christopher Christie and former
U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, in an early look at the 2016 race in a Quinnipiac University poll
released today.

Clinton would make a good president, Pennsylvania voters say 59 - 37 percent. Voters
are divided 43 - 42 percent over whether Christie, the governor next door, would make a good
president, down from 55 - 29 percent December 19.

Vice President Joseph Biden, a native of Scranton, would not make a good president,
Pennsylvania voters say 59 - 32 percent. All other Republicans get negative grades on whether
they would make a good president.

"There's former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; then there is the rest of the 2016
presidential pack," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling
Institute.

"New Jersey Gov. Christopher Christie continues his slide down the off ramp while
former Sen. Rick Santorum and Vice President Joseph Biden get zip from their home field
advantage," Malloy added.

There are large gender gaps in matching any Republican man against Clinton. For
example, men back Christie 46 - 40 percent while women back Clinton 52 - 36 percent.

Independent voters back Christie over Clinton 46 - 37 percent, but she leads among
independent voters in all the other matchups, including 54 - 34 percent over Santorum.

From February 19 - 24, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,405 registered voters with a
margin of error of +/- 2.6 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones.

The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public
opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Virginia,
Iowa, Colorado and the nation as a public service and for research.

For more information, visit http://www.quinnipiac.edu/polling, call (203) 582-5201, or
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14. If the election for President were being held today, and the candidates were Hillary Clinton the Democrat and Chris Christie the Republican, for whom would you vote?